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Robert Plant’s opinion on David Corverdale
Vocalist Robert Plant secured his place among the greatest Rock and Roll musicians of all time as the frontman of Led Zeppelin, a band that was fundamental to the evolution of Hard Rock. Alongside guitarist and producer Jimmy Page, he wrote most of the band’s lyrics, which went on to inspire countless groups in the following decades. In 1980, they disbanded after the tragic death of their legendary drummer, John Bonham and the members went their separate ways.
Plant launched a solo career, while Jimmy Page formed the supergroup The Firm, released a solo record and later collaborated with Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale on an album. During that era, Plant was often compared to Coverdale and he eventually shared his opinion about him.
What is Robert Plant’s opinion on David Corverdale
Robert Plant has praised David Coverdale but was also a little bothered by how much the singer sounded like him. "I think David and I go back a long, long way in separate camps. Maybe we just listened to the same thing so many times that we just started interpreting it the same way. I think he's alright, I look forward to the night we can have a good game of squash together or brag, a game of cards. He's alright, a good bloke, good singer," he said in an interview with MTV in 1988
A couple of years later, in 1993, when Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page teamed up with David Coverdale to record the Coverdale/Page album, Robert commented on the project. At the time, he referred to the singer as 'David Cover Version'. But also said that the reported rivalry between the musicians didn’t matter.
"The man got integrity, he's a fantastic guitarist and he has the needs to play, needs to get out and that's what he's going to do. I think this talk about the way or this kind of rivalry, doesn't matter. I watched (one of their videos) and I think they're having a great time together. You're laughing at me thinking because you think I'm full of shit (laughs)," he told MTV in 1993.
Besides songs from the Coverdale/Page album, the two musicians also performed famous tracks from their respective careers during the short tour promoting the record. They performed Led Zeppelin songs like "Rock and Roll", "Kashmir", "In My Time of Dying", "Black Mountain Side", "Out on the Tiles", "Black Dog" and "The Ocean".
Robert Plant reportedly head-butted a man who called him Coverdale
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The editorial cartoonist of Alabama Media Group, JD Crowe, told in AL.com, a really funny story of an encounter he had with Robert Plant in the late 80s. According to him, they met at a hotel bar, and Crowe decided to joke with Plant by calling him Coverdale. However, the Led Zeppelin frontman was not amused.
"Robert Plant and I go way back. I never saw him tour with Led Zeppelin, but one time I had a front row seat for what I call the 'Robert Plant Head-Butt Story.' It's true as a headache, and I blame David Coverdale. On a June night in 1988, I was in Milwaukee for a cartoonist convention. I had just checked into a downtown hotel and found about a dozen fellow ink slingers congregated in the hotel bar. We had the place to ourselves."
"A couple of beers before midnight, Robert Plant exploded into the bar with his band of young blokes. Still flush with the rush of a concert, they were expecting to be greeted like warriors by a throng of hot babes gyrating in tight skirts. Instead, Plant and the boys found a gaggle of dorks doodling on tiny napkins. We were a pitiful bunch of groupies. Pitiful. Plant was on tour with his 'Now and Zen' album".
He continued:
"(...) Truth is, I'm a fan of both Plant and Coverdale. Before he formed Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer for one of my all-time favorite bands, Deep Purple. The bar stool next to Plant was empty. So I started chatting with him about this and that, like a regular guy. After a few minutes of guy talk and a couple of laughs about his sad crop of groupies, I thought I was in. 'Wow. How cool is this?' I said. 'Can't believe I'm sitting in a Milwaukee bar having a beer with my favorite singer, David Coverdale.'
"(...) His face burned fire red. He nudged the dude next to him and mumbled, 'Watch this.' He leaned into me, got right up in my face. In the Stairway to Heaven voice he asked, 'Does your mother sew?' 'What ... my mother, sew? Sure, she can sew'. He launched his big ol' head square into mine, knocking me off the stool. 'Have her stitch that one up, motherf****r!' he sneered, in a Trampled Underfoot snarl," he said.
According to Crowe, a couple of minutes later he went back to Plant and said he was disappointed that the musician hadn’t recognized his joke. He recalled that the singer was surrounded by 'dangerous cartoonists armed with pens and napkins.' Then Plant slapped him on the back, bought him a beer. They even ended up taking a photo together.
What David Coverdale said about the rivalry
In the past, after hearing Plant’s remarks about him, Coverdale said, 'There’s certainly no love lost between myself and Robert. I wouldn’t send him cat food if he were starving". After the ’90s, the Zeppelin vocalist didn’t speak specifically about David anymore, but the Whitesnake frontman addressed the topic again in 2013, a couple of decades after making many harsh comments about their rivalry. He told Classic Rock that he always admired Plant and wanted to buy him a drink someday.
"(I would) love to buy Robert a drink. When you speak to him, offer my sincere regrets for any negative things I’ve ever said, which were mostly defensive". He noted that Plant could not care about that but that he would like to end the animosity. "I don’t hold any animosity, just disappointment in myself that I took the bait and ran with some ugly things. I hold (Plant) in the highest esteem as a human being, as an artist. (So) I really would like to sit down, buy him a drink. (Then) shake hands and say, 'I’m really sorry, you know. Can we be friends again?’"
“(Out of) my love and respect for Jimmy, I know he'll pass that on to Robert. Robert might go and tell him to (expletive) himself, who knows. But I don't hold any animosity, just disappointment in myself that I took the bait and ran with some ugly things. Because it's not appropriate for somebody I respect so much," David Coverdale said.
Robert Plant once jammed with Whitesnake
Curiously, Coverdale once said that he had the opportunity to jam with Plant in the early 80s in the Midlands. At that time Whitesnake was formed by him, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Ian Paice and Jon Lord.
"We played one show in the Midlands where Robert Plant came to jam with us. The audience response was so amazing. I forgot to invite him on stage. There are astonishing emotional memories of those times. But the reality was there wasn’t the financial rewards coming in," David Coverdale told Classic Rock in 2011.
Robert Plant is three years older than David Coverdale and started his musical career in 1965, one year before the Whitesnake frontman. Coverdale first achieved fame as a member of Deep Purple, being Ian Gillan replacement. A couple years later formed Whitesnake, his own successful band.The post Robert Plant’s opinion on David Corverdale appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.
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